One minute the teacher was talking about the Civil War. And the next minute he was gone. There. Gone. No 'poof.' No flash of light. No explosion..

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn..

Now all my teachers are dead except silence..

I was always keen to get involved in the school drama productions and was a member of the school choir. I was lucky to have attended schools that too….

he very word "patient" implies passivity and powerlessness. Me-teacher-you-dumbbell, or me-doctor-you-patient, or me-politician-you-voter, or any oth….

It's OK to not be OK - just don't stay there..

I'd rather work to live than live to work..

We're endangered by our own success..

Never say, "I tried it once and it did not work.".

I have not seen that standardised tests make the profession less attractive, though some principals respond to them in a way that drives the best tea….

Never Explain Anything.

Free speech is what we all have and is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Academic freedom refers to what happens in the unive….

There was a time when you were not. There never will be a time when you will not be..

There will always be an underground..

A teacher is never too smart to learn from his pupils..

Things are not going to improve for you in life until YOU improve.

We get through life and this is part of the education process also. In real life, we meet bad bosses and good bosses and good friends and bad friends….

I couldn't be happier..

Africa is on the rise..

Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our c….

Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson..